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Description: | Cast copper alloy umbonate plate brooch length 31mm, width 31mm, thickness 11mm, weight 6.44g. The brooch is circular and domed. The dome of the brooch is decorated with a moulded pellet in the centre and two rings of triangular cells in a sunburst pattern. The outer cells are filled with alternating blue and red enamel with a copper pellet in the centre, and the inner band with red enamel, very little of the enamel remains. Only the base of the catchplate remains on the reverse, the pin mount is complete ans still holds the base of the pin. Umbonate brooches are distinctively Romano-British and are rarely found on the continent. These date to the 2nd century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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